going to assume this is about Jeremy Farrar's recent comment to the effect of having to expect another 30k dead/year in the UK from #COVID19... in which case, this won't be the case for much longer b/c this virus will run out of immunologically naïve hosts soon.
https://twitter.com/EpiEllie/status/1437051233915781133
like hot take i actually agree with Ellie *if* this were a scenario we were talking about as likely (i genuinely think we tolerate too many flu deaths, for instance), but it's just not.
can we all seriously relax a bit instead of yelling at each other over hypotheticals?
can we all seriously relax a bit instead of yelling at each other over hypotheticals?
also like, society is complicated & many pandemic restrictions *do* have externalities, often ones that can be hard to see. for instance, indoor dining restrictions in HK led to a massive increase in street sleeping. travel restrictions have caused hell for refugee applicants.
yes, there are some things that i think should stick around (notably masking in the West, tho voluntary. but seriously make it normalized). but there are costs & benefits to most restrictions & these also shift as you go from short-term to long-term to (in rare cases) indefinite.
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